SCOME Manual 7 by International Federation of Medical Students' Associations

7th Edition (shortened) August 2010

SCOME MANUAL for the National or Local Officer on Medical Education

Standing Committee on Medical Education “We aim to achieve excellence in medical education throughout the world.”

IFMSA

was founded in May 1951 and is run by medical students, for medical students, on a non-profit basis. IFMSA is officially recognised as a nongovernmental organisation within the United Nations’ system and has official relations with the World Health Organisation. It is the international forum for medical students, and one of the largest student organisations in the world.

Imprint Editor in Chief Margot Weggemans, The Netherlands Editors Nikos Davaris, Greece Jan Hilgers, Germany Design/Layout Jan Hilgers, Germany Proofreading Robbert Duvivier, The Netherlands Ioana Goganau, Romenia Lamia Jouini, Tunisia Cristóbal Cuadrado, Chile

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Editor’s note: This document is meant for internal use of National or Local Officers on Medical Education of the National Members Organisations of the International Federation of Medical Education (IFMSA) only. Permission to copy and distribute this document is only granted by the Medical Education Director provided that (1) the copyright and permission notices appear on all reproductions; (2) use of the document is for non-commercial, educational, and scientific purposes only; and (3) the document is not modified in any way. Written permission from the IFMSA Medical Education Director is required for all other uses. Beside the regular updates of this manual, up-to-date information on medical education issues can be found in the SCOME-wikipedia at http://wiki.ifmsa.org/scome If you have any input, improvements or additions for the SCOME-manual or to receive additional copies, please contact the Medical Education Director of IFMSA at scomed@ifmsa.org or send a letter to: IFMSA General Secretariat c/o WMA B.P. 63 01212 Ferney-Voltaire CEDEX France Tel. +33 – 450 40 47 59 Fax +33 – 450 40 59 37 1st – 3rd edition compiled by Jan Hilgers, Medical Education Director 2005-2006 & Liaison Officer on Medical Education Issues 2006-2008. 4th – 5th edition compiled by Nikos Davaris, Medical Education Director 2008-2009 6th – 7th edition compiled by Margot Weggemans, Medical Education Director 2009-2010 Note: this is a print (shorter) version of the SCOME manual, to be distributed during the August Meeting 2010. The full version is available at the files section of the SCOME yahoo!group and at the SCOME Wikipedia. Written by members of the Standing Committee on Medical Educatio n Special thanks to: Ana Babic, Elisa Berioja, Maja S. Basnov, Vasile Bintintan, Lars Choritz, Nikos Davaris, Becca Fenech, Vlad Gavrila, Alexander Geube, Torstein S. Hansen, Jan Hilgers, Petar Kresimir Hodzic, Jonas Johannink, Katja Kovac, Katharina Kulike, Sebastian Manoleasa, Özgür Onur, Aydogan Orhan, Camille Piguet, Emily Rigby, Dani Rodriguez Muñoz, Carl Savage, Tina Schweickert, Jacco Veldhuyzen, Hans Jacob Westbye, Vanessa Wennekes, Jan Westermann, Patrik Zamecnik

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Contents Contents.................................................................................................................................................2 History ...................................................................................................................................................3 Mission ..................................................................................................................................................3 On our way to improve medical education .............................................................................................4 a. Locally 4 b. International Projects 5 c. International lobby 5 Structure ................................................................................................................................................6 In general 6 Internal communication 7 a. General Assemblies 7 b. Regional meetings 8 c. Thematic meetings 8 d. Mailing lists 8 e. Databases 8 f. SCOME-homepage in IFMSA website 8 g. SCOME-wikipedia 8 Contact details 11 Mailing lists 11 Projects and workshops .......................................................................................................................12 Transnational projects 12 Curriculum Database (CDb) 12 Daisy project 12 Influence of Studies on Students’ Health (ISSH) 14 International Students’ Network on Ageing and Health 14 Residency Database (RDb) 15 Think Global 15 Policy statements .................................................................................................................................18 International partners..........................................................................................................................19 World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) 19 Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) 20 Publications and journals in the field of medical education ..................................................................22 Bologna process ...................................................................................................................................24

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History Medical Education should be a concern of every medical student as it shapes not only the quality of future doctors, but also the quality of healthcare. The International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA) has a dedicated organ which aims to implement an optimal learning environment for all medical students around the world – the Standing Committee On Medical Education (SCOME). It was one of IFMSA’s first standing committees from the beginning of its foundation in 1951. IFMSA SCOME acts as a discussion forum for students interested in the different aspects of medical education in the hope of pursuing and achieving its aim. Important moments in the history of SCOME  First policy statement of IFMSA: 1951-1970 - Impact of Technology on Health Education  Declaration on Primary Health Care and Medical Education, 1979  Policy declaration on Primary Health Care, 1980  Policy Declaration on Medical Education, 1980  Resolution on Medical Education, 1983

Mission Healthcare is changing at an unprecedented rate and at multiple fronts. Technology has revolutionized archaic diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Medical science has increased our understanding of the body and created an explosion of new information. Patients are increasingly questioning and less trusting their doctors. However, medical schools are not or only slowly introducing changes in their curriculum. Teachers at many medical faculties are not educated to teach; they are doctors and mostly lack knowledge of how to show their skills to their students. We question that students educated in a so-called traditional curriculum are able to face the needs of healthcare in a modern society. Scientific data show that modern medical curricula are a lot more likely to teach students in an appropriate way in order to create doctors equipped with various skills and knowledge. Although there are a number of innovative approaches to teaching medicine, partly based on findings of cognitive science, change in medical curricula occurs slowly and at few medical schools. The need for change is either not recognized or ignored in many universities. As medical students are directly exposed to medical curricula, they should rightfully be assumed to be experts on their educational system and should therefore have an influence on the creation of new curricula. From IFMSA’s experience, it is often the medical students who are the strongest proponents for adapting their education to the needs of their community. Here SCOME enters the game. We try to promote modern medical education. Convinced by many positive examples we go on that mission by teaching and training students, teachers and professors, exchanging experiences and spreading information. As a global grassroots organization of medical students locally active in more than 94 countries worldwide, IFMSA has made meaningful contributions to improve medical education over the last decades.

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On our way to improve medical education Are medical students throughout the world acquainted with the subject of “medical education”? Do they recognize their role in the field of medical education and can they really make a change? Most of the students get involved in the process of medical education as passive pa rticipants fulfilling their duties, but not scrutinizing the educational process itself. In this way, they are missing the unique opportunity that they have as “consumers”/“clients”, to give their opinion on the educational process and thus provide the data about that system from “inside”. In general, students show lack of interest and awareness for this important issue. This is the main reason why motivating students is our first goal. Currently, there is a “reform-pandemic” in medical education going on worldwide. Medical curricula are going through changes in most of the medical faculties throughout the world. Since it is difficult to predict the results of these changes and it takes a long period, they are usually drawn from the reform process itself. It is of great importance that students are actively involved in this process because they can very early inform the faculty author ities of the disadvantages which the new system might have. Students should promote vital feedback which is essential for the development of an efficient medical education system. Student organizations should exchange experience and data which will enhance their role as active participants in the reform process. In that direction, the role of SCOME is not to represent a mere talking point, but a central coordinative unit which will guide medical students throughout the world towards a better medical education. SCOME is not meant to be only a discussion forum, but “headquarters” that will analyze the current situation in medical education, set up strategy for action and council students how to put that strategy in action in their own countries. In most of the cases it is rather hard to improve our educational system. In many countries there is no tradition of integrating students in faculty development. Sometimes they are not even members of decision-making bodies within the schools or they are only a minority in those. So statements and proposals of students do not have a high value for stakeholders. We must be aware of this well-known situation causing multiple problems. Our strategy has to be adapted to these circumstances. How? In the last years we worked in three main fields:

Locally The most promising strategy for change is a local approach. Even if students do not have a majority within the faculty boards, students could convince deans, professors, teachers and stakeholders to develop their education. It may not be possible to change the whole curriculum at once; but small changes in each of the different subjects will slowly but steadily improve the curriculum as a whole. In a constructive and cooperative way one can find many small solutions to make life easier. To get some ideas of how to approach them have a look at SCOME’s Policy Statements, exchange experiences with other National and Local Officers on Medical Education (NOMEs and LOMEs) using the SCOME mailing list (ifmsa-scome@yahoogroups.com) and have a look at the SCOME-wikipedia at wiki.ifmsa.org/scome! To enable NOMEs and LOMEs to facilitate improvements on the local level, one of the main activities within SCOME are training sessions. Training covers all fields of medical

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Standing Committee on Medical Education - Manual education, like assessment and exams, evaluation, teaching and learning systems, problem-based-learning, community-based-learning, computer-based-learning, policies of government and ministries. It is important to provide as many training sessions as possible. These sessions are held on IFMSA General Assemblies (in March and August), pre-GA workshops, regional and national meetings and on special international training workshops. What is the task of SCOME on the local level?  Provide some additional courses that can be useful for medical students  Facilitate discussions between students and faculty  Participate in the evaluation process  Improve medical education  Contribute to SCOME projects and start new national ones  Collect local students’ opinions and try to implement them  Represent local students in faculty and university boards

International Projects We have different types of international projects:  Database projects The main objective of these projects is to collect information (e.g. about curricula, residencies) and make it available for all medical students.  Research in Medical Education We support and encourage students to do research on the field of Medical Education. Therefore we work together with the scientific students’ conferences where we initiate medical education sessions and provide workshops. Furthermore we have our own research projects.  Courses After students found a lack of a special topic in their curriculum they initiate courses. Students also invite guest speakers and experts themselves. If these courses lead to a success and the interest of the students is high enough, the medical school will accept to integrate them in the curriculum eventually. There are also many courses run by students as peer educators.  Training To improve our knowledge and skills we organize training workshops e.g. on the topic of the implementation of the Bologna process in medical education.

International lobby We cooperate with international organizations dealing with medical education and we represent the opinions and vision of medical student’s worldwide. Internationally this is mainly done through IFMSA’s Liaison Officer on Medical Education issues who is the student member of the executive boards of the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) and the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE). NOMEs should work in a similar way on a national level with their national associations for medical education.

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Structure In general The IFMSA Director on Medical Education (SCOME Director) is elected each year by the National Member Organisations at the IFMSA General Assembly (GA) in August. He/she coordinates the work that is done by National Officers, project coordinators and other SCOMEdians. The SCOME Director is responsible for the SCOME meetings at biennial IFMSA General Assemblies. The SCOME Director can appoint members of the committee as coordinators for special tasks, if he/she is not able to fulfil them by him/herself. To represent IFMSA and SCOME towards international associations in the field of medical education (e.g. the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) and the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) ), the “Liaison Officer on Medical Education issues” (LOMEi) was established in 2000. The Liaison Officer is a member of the executive boards of the AMEE and the WFME. Another task of the Liaison Officer is to support the SCOME-D during the year, in meetings and at the GAs. SCOME and IFMSA are in close contact to other non-governmental-organizations dealing with higher and medical education such as the “World Federation for Medical Education” (WFME), “United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization” (UNESCO), the “Association for Medical Education in Europe” (AMEE), “Association for Medical Schools in Africa” (AMSA), “Pan -American Federation of Associations of Medical Schools” (PAFAMS), “Association for Medical Education in the Eastern Mediterranean Region” (AMEEMR), “South-East Asian Regional Association for Medical Education” (SEARAME) and “Association for Medical Education in the Western Pacific Region” (AMEWPR). The national and international communication between IFMSA and these organizations should go through the respective liaison officers. Each National Member Organization of IFMSA elects a National Officer on Medical Education (NOME). His/her task is to coordinate and encourage local or national activities in the respective country. The NOMEs are also responsible for communicating with and reporting to the SCOME Director. NOMEs are recommended to attend the international IFMSA meetings in March and August respectively. At these meetings they can network with other NOMEs, exchange ideas and attain new knowledge and motivation to bring back home to the Local and National Committees. The Local Officers on Medical Education (LOMEs) are in charge of local improvement in Medical Education and related activities at the different local medical faculties of a National Member Organisation. They are elected locally and are responsible for tackling local problems. They are advised to form local working groups, whose work they co -ordinate. The LOMEs shall communicate with and report to the NOME. The Regional Assistants are appointed by the Medical Education Director after consulting the respective Regional Coordinator. The main tasks of the Regional Assistants are:  To keep in touch with the national SCOME-groups in the region 6

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Standing Committee on Medical Education - Manual  To provide SCOME-members of the region with his/her personal and professional support  To encourage and assist the development of SCOME in the region  To assist and support new-comers  To encourage and maintain the cooperation within the region  To inform SCOME-members about the latest developments in the region  To identify problems in the region and work with the SCOME-director in order to solve them  To establish priorities in the region and work on the development of a regional plan of action  To facilitate SCOME-sessions at the Regional Meetings and at IFMSA’s General Assemblies  To encourage and maintain the cooperation between the regions and to share common interests between the regions

The regions of SCOME are:  Africa  The Americas  Asia Pacific  Eastern Mediterranean  Europe In the SCOME-wikipedia (wiki,ifmsa.org/scome) you can find to which region your country belongs.

Internal communication As mentioned before our best tool to learn and improve our skills, find ideas and learn about experiences is communication with each other. In many cases specific problems in different countries and medical schools are similar to each other. A solution also might have been found somewhere before. Our task is not mainly to invent new solutions and ideas, but quite often it is worth listening to other solutions and to employ them in the own setting. To guarantee this exchange of experiences and knowledge, we created several settings and strategies:

a. General Assemblies During the IFMSA General Assemblies twice a year, every Standing Committee has its own working committee meetings. The biggest part of the time we use to exchange experiences and learn from each other. This is a forum, where everyone gets a chance to present his problems and solutions. We further work in training workshops, where a small group creates and prepares a training. To make this process more effective NOMEs should present their work in written reports and/or posters. Very important are also the informal meetings in between.

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b. Regional meetings Next to the biannual IFMSA General Assemblies all 5 IFMSA regions have an annual Regional Meeting. During these meetings all NMOs of the region can come together and discuss projects, themes and problems specifically for their region. These meetings also have Standing Committee sessions, organized by the Regional Assistant. To increase the communication between NOMEs and to integrate more LOMEs in the international work we also encourage local committees to organize regional meetings. In those meetings the participants can exchange knowledge and information. Furthermore these meetings should be used as an opportunity to provide trainings in medical education and in general issues.

c. Thematic Meetings Thematic Meetings can be organized in international, regional or subregional level to work on specific issues. For example, IFMSA organizes the Bologna Process Workshops in order to form policy concerning the changes brought to Medical Education from the implementation of the Bologna Process in Europe.

d. Mailing lists To enable communication between our March and August meetings we created two e mailing-lists (see below).

e. Databases Sometimes it is more effective to contact certain NOMEs and not the whole mailing list. To get the contact information we created a contact database for the whole IFMSA (www.ifmsa.net). To get information from this homepage you need a login and a password. The President of the National Member Organizations provides these passwords to their national officers. To get it, please contact your NMO president. The SCOME-Director needs these pieces of information, too. He/she uses this information to prepare certificates, recommendation letters etc.

f. SCOME-homepage in IFMSA website You can find information on projects and activities within SCOME and all contact information to the coordinators at the SCOME-website within ifmsa.org. The aim of the website is to collect and provide as much information as possible in the field of medical education. You can access the SCOME-homepage at www.ifmsa.org (section: medical education).

g. SCOME-wikipedia Since May 2006, SCOME has a new interactive element in its homepage. It is a wikipedia, an open-source collection of information about medical education in general; projects SCOME is running; reports and much more. In contrast to other wikipedias, IFMSA's SCOME-wikipedia aims to share ideas, to describe, and to discuss recent developments in the field of medical education worldwide rather than to provide scientific articles. Users shall describe interesting courses and concepts that are implemented in their local curriculum and be able to provide further information.

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Standing Committee on Medical Education - Manual National Officers are invited to share projects their National Member Organisation (NMO) is running in the field of medical education. They shall also write articles about their NMO, the role of SCOME in their NMO and on a local level, about the educational system in their country, admission criteria for studying medicine, about the different faculties in their country and any other things they think is relevant to other NOMEs or LOMEs. Also the SCOME-wiki may serve as a forum to share biannual or annual reports of the Standing Committees since it can easily be edited by any member of the NMO. You can access the SCOME-wikipedia easily at wiki.ifmsa.org/scome.

First steps in the SCOME-wikipedia 1. On the top right corner, click on “Create an account or log i n“. 2. Please choose your real name as user name or your real name and the position that you currently have or hav e had (e.g. “Jan Hilgers, SCOM E-D 2005-2006”). 3. Choose a password and enter both your e-mail address and your real name. 4. Click the “Create the account“-button. Now that you have created an account, you can s tart editing and writing articles. In the search field enter the s earch item (e. g. “Reports”) and hit enter to find out if the article already exists. On top of each article there are s everal different tabs : -

article, discussion, edit, history, move, and watch.

Clicking on the “article” tab will show you the article itself. In the “discussion” tab you can find further ques tions users had for other us ers to discuss the content of the article. Clicking on “edit” will show you the source code of the article to edit the text or the layout. You can add paragraphs, links or any additional information that you think is helpful for others. The “history” tab will show you older v ersions of the article and who uploaded changes. With the “move” tab you can move the article to another entry (e.g. from “Repotrs” which obviously is misspelled to “Reports”). If you click on “watch”, the page will be added to your watchlist. Future changes to this page and its associated Talk page will be listed there, and the page will appear in b old letters i n the “list of recent changes” to make it easier to pick out. TIP: If you search “All pages” you will be forwarded to a list of all existing articles in the SCOME -wikipedia. As next step you should get us ed to the syntax (“language”) of the wikipedia system. At this website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page you will find an overview of the commands to edit and layout articles. If you upload files (not pictures -> s ee the link above how to use pictures!) you will find them in the wiki when searching for “All files”. To link the file to an article you should copy the whole URL of the file wi th an explanation text as you can find in the “Asia Pacific Regional Meeti ng 2005 – 2006” article. The most practical way to learn about the function of the SCOME -wikipedia is to start writing and edi ting articles and to continue “learning by doi ng”.

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Standing Committee on Medical Education - Manual Writing and editing an article Headlines are sub-dividing the article in sections. There are different kinds of subdivisions:  “==Section==” generates a headline of the first lev el named “Section”.  “===Subs ection===” generates a headline of the second level called “Subsection”.  “====Sub-subsection====” is a level 3 headline called “Sub-subsection”. The first section should be called “==General Information==” and be a summary of the article. When the name of the article is mentioned for the fi rst time in the article, it should be written in bold letters. You can write words in bold letters by adding ’’’ before and after the words to be bold (e.g. if “Reports” shall be written bold, add ’’’Reports’’’). If you want to wri te i n italics, add ’’ before and after the words to be in italics (e.g. if “Reports” shall be written in italics, add ’’Reports’’). You can also add shortcuts to other articles of the SCOME-wikipedia. If you, for exampl e, want to link to the article called “Reports” in your article, add [[Reports]] to the text and it will appear like this “Reports” in the article. If you want to link to the article without mentioning “Reports” but “Report” instead you can do so by adding [[Reports|Report]] and “Report” will appear in the article. The sign “|” divides the ori ginal name of the article from the words you put in the article instead. You can also add links to articles not existi ng yet. These links will appear in red letters instead of blue ones in the article. You should only add one link to each article in every article. If “LOME” appears 20 times in your article, please only add a link to the article “Local Officer on M edical Education (LOME)” when the term is mentioned for the first time! Also linking to other websites (or files beside images in the wikipedia) is possible. Adding [http://www.bvmd.de] will create a link to the website of the German Medical Students’ Association. But this link will appear like this “ 1” in the text. To add some more i nformation or to link words or phrases to other websites you must add an explanation. [http://www.bvmd.de German Medical Students’ Association] will appear like “ German Medical Students’ Association” with the explanation of the link behind the space. To add a list  like  this  one. you must add “*” in front of each new line. The text in the edit format will then appear *like *this *one.

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Standing Committee on Medical Education - Manual A single empty line in the edit format creates a new paragraph 1,5 lines below the last line like this. If you add <br /> you can switch into the next line like this. If you want to save your changes to the article, please firs t push the “Show preview” button and go through the article. Read the article again! Is the layout as you wanted it to be? Are all the links working, can you see the tabl es and pictures ? Only if everything looks fine, push the “Save page” botton! To use a picture that you have uploaded in an article, use [[image:filename. jpg]] or [[image:filename. jpg|Description of the image]] at the position where the picture shall be placed. If you add “|thumb” ([[image:filename.jpg|thumb|Desc ription of the image]] a small thumbnail of the picture will appear. For further information on how to write and edit an article, please read the article: “How to edit an article” at the SCOME-wikipedia. In the help section of the English wikipedia you can also find tutorials how to add pictures and tables to your articles.

Contact details 

IFMSA Director on Medical Education: Any question related to the work of the Standing Committee can be send to scomed@ifmsa.org  Liaison Officer on Medical Education Issues (LOMEi or LO MedEduc): If you want to contact WFME, AMEE or any other international medical education institution or association, please contact the LOMEi at lme@ifmsa.org  SCOME Regional Assistants Since there are no e-mail aliases available for Regional Assistants yet, e-mails to them go via scomed@ifmsa.org and are forwarded to the specific Regional Assistants  PreGA workshops Since there are no e-mail aliases available for SCOME-D-Support person e-mails to them go via scomed@ifmsa.org

Mailing lists SCOME-Server:

ifmsa-scome@yahoogroups.com Every student interested in Medical Education is asked to subscribe on this server. To subscribe send a blank e-mail to: ifmsa-scome-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

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NOME-Server:

This server is a restricted server. To become a member to the mailing list, you should be a National Officer on Medical Education. If so, please contact the SCOME -Director; he/she will put you on the server. On this mailing list, internal IFMSA-SCOME issues are discussed. These can be administrative, membership in IFMSA-SCOME or reporting issues.

Projects and workshops Beside the various projects taking place at a local and national level to improve medical education at the faculties, there are a number of international projects and workshops taking place under the umbrella of the IFMSA network. You can find information about ongoing local or national projects and activities in the SCOME wikipedia (Category: Project). Furthermore the reports of the NOMEs are available online providing further information about the work done witin the NMOs.

SCOME transnational projects Curriculum Database (CDb) The aim of the Curriculum Database (CDb) is to offer an opportunity to medical students to find information about the ways of studying and teaching medicine in other faculties and countries. The CDb contributed to the increasing need for information on different medical universities on a world-wide scale without the hassle of using multiple servers in different countries. Moreover the CDb offers an opportunity for NOMEs to get a comparison of different curricula within their nations and across counties; thus using this data to help improve their curricula. One benefit of this project is that the information provided includes both an official and students' point of view. We think that, among students, there is a need of knowledge in the field of medical curricula. CD b will be a tool that is going to help:  Student representatives to find out details about better and more developed medical education systems and,  All medical students that intend to take part in a student exchange programme. CDb will be on the SCOME homepage, so that any medical student from all over the world can access it. This process is subject to change if new and improved technical methods are found. http://curriculumdatabase.osmcluj.ro/ Project co-ordinator: Covaliu Bogdan, Andrea Dragoi; IFMSA-Romania Contact: http://curriculumdatabase.osmcluj.ro/contact.php or cd@ifmsa.ro

Daisy project “Daisy project – Margarita” is a pilot educational community based project which is proposed on a voluntary basis to medical students and it takes place in cooperation with International Association of Health Policy (IAHP).

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As implied by the project’s name, it is comprised by a central activity (“core”) which is attended by all participants and 4 peripheral activities which are optional according to the students’ preference. “Training in communication skills” is the project’s core. All participants attend the weekly sessions which are coordinated by a professional psychologist, specialized in the field of health. Some of the topics being discussed during the sessions are: patient-doctor communication, ways of dealing with uncooperative patients, announcement of bad news etc. “Health Education Intervention in Secondary Schools” is the oldest of the peripheral activities. The medical students are trained throughout the year on health intervention applications, con cerning topics such as STD, AIDS, contraception and general public health issues. “Nurse Aid” is one of the most popular of the peripheral activities. The students are working as aids of previously trained and informed nurses following the workload of the day and the ward they are allocated to. Thus, they are trained in nursing and clinical skills and in the same time they are exposed in personal contacts with patients, relatives and co -workers. “Medicine in Community” gives the opportunity to students to get to know with Primary Health Care and preventive medicine. In cooperation with general practitioners who act as trainers, the students familiarize with the role of doctor as advisor and medical information source for the community. “Research in Social Medicine” is the last of the peripheral activities of the “Daisy Project – Margarita”. It enables students to train and practice on research techniques, by participating also in other current research projects. The expected outcome includes:  The exposure of medical students to the real working conditions in the field of communitybased medicine and the application of theoretical knowledge in order to de al with public health problems.  The increase of awareness and the development of skills concerning the communication with the patients and their relatives and the approach of the patient as psychosocial entity by medical students.  The recognition of the doctor’s role as health professional towards the direction of disease prevention and the promotion of health, as science researcher and as active citizen with social responsibility.  The development of critical scientific spirit within the framework of inter -professional cooperation International students will have the opportunity to be informed about the progr am and its outcome during the annual meetings of IFMSA and mailing lists, HelMSIC and the project’s website, periodical publications etc. All the students interested participating in the project have to fill in the application form. This is essential because after this date the program will be about to start running. All medical students are eligible to participate in the program. However, there are some criteria to meet, due to limited number of places for participants. Students willing to participate ha ve to complete an application form and write a motivation letter explaining why they want to participate in this program and what their expectations are. Students from all years (1st until 6th), who meet the requirements, can be accepted. The medical students are informed about their selection by written announcements, phone or e-mail. http://www.helmsic.gr/en/projects/margarita.php Contact: thessaloniki@helmsic.gr or daisy@helmsic.gr

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Influence of Studies on Students’ Health (ISSH) The aim of the ISSH project is to determine the level of deterioration of health among medical and non-medical students as a result of stress-related factors and to develop programs to reduce or even prevent it. The organizational structure and curricula of a program as well as student workload can be considered major factors affecting the stress levels of medical students. Initially the project aimed to establish the level of correlation between countries, types of education and type of studies in relation to stress related diseases. The project was based on a 25 -question survey which was statistically analyzed and compared between the various countries involved. The results show that appropriate changes need to be made in medical curricula in order to improve the quality of education and student life; there is a need for stress management at medical facilities. The results obtained from the survey will not only be used to help change medica l curricula and improve education through stress management initiatives, but will also serve to encourage a pro active approach by the medical students themselves on these issues. To this end, we will organize stress management courses for interested students in addition to offering courses in time management. A second version of the ISSH-questionnaire has been developed and distributed in 2007. Every interested student, medical school or NMO can participate. If interested, you should contact the international coordinator who will then provide you with the necessary information on the current status of the project. Contact: Mohammad Shalaby, m.s.shalaby@hotmail.com or join the project’s yahoogroup at issh@yahoogroups.com!

International Students’ Network on Ageing and Health The International Students Network on Ageing and Health was created to serve as an umbrella for all the IFMSA activities in the field of Ageing, for promoting all our projects, at the local and international level, and all the events where we have participated, proving our active involvement regarding this issue. The Network for Ageing and Health intends to actively involve students, professionals and educators interested in working in the field of ageing and health. ISNAH is mainly our webpage (www.ageingnet.tripod.com) and our mailing list. Our activities are divided into four major components: 1. Information dissemination: To promote awareness of health care professionals on global population ageing and s pecial needs of older people for example by a network homepage, publications, and interviews with experts. Build knowledge, have easy access to information for students on ageing and health, publishing for students, career development). 2. Community and Research projects: By starting projects on active ageing and volunteer services for older people on the grass -root level, make a research database, arrange clinical student exchanges. To stimulate intergenerational contact and to do this through local community based projects. To create Public Health Projects on community level to increase the health and status of older population. Make a research database of internships opportunities on ageing and health and publications. IFMSA project focus on older people, database on research on ageing and health by students, intergenerational contact, promoting old people friendly health care, co -operation 14

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with other actors in the field, grassroots level, ethics, healthy ageing, functional ability, volunteer projects). 3. Curriculum Development: To change the medical education and other health associated education to face up to the ageing population growth. To promote life course, interdisciplinary, health promotion, community based, focus on gender, on culture, on ethics in medical education on ageing and health. 4. Advocacy about Priority of Ageing issues towards Policy Makers: (UN principles of Older Persons, ageing on development agenda, HR, equal access to health care, gender issues) To advocate for the rights of older persons, including old age care in national health policies and to put these issues on the priority agenda. To participate you just need to send an e-mail to one of the coordinators and you will be part of our mailing list. Then you can send us presentations of any project or event related to the field of Ageing and this way you will have the opportunity to share your experience with other people willing to contribute together with you at making some real changes regarding the life of the ageing population. Project coordinator: Timothy Crocker-Buqué, Medsin-UK Contact: isnah@ifmsa-spain.org

Residency Database (RDb) The Residency Database project's aim is to facilitate international medical students and young doctors to reach information concerning the residency system and application procedure to different countries of the world. Furthermore, it provides to the Residency Database site’s visitors with the chance to compare the advantages and the disadvantages of the many different countries' residency systems, along with the opportunity for further research in this field. The whole idea is about the construction of a Residency Database (RDb), where every medical student and young doctor will find information about the residency system, the financial state and the application procedure for a residency position in many different countries. The importance of this project lies to the fact that a continuous growing number of medical scientists from all over the world desire to specialize or sub-specialize in a medical field outside his/her own country and they face a lot of difficulties in finding the proper source of information. The Residency Database project will facilitate these people to have an easy and quick access to the relevant information. http://residency-database.helmsic.gr/ Contact: rdb@helmsic.gr, rdb@ifmsa-spain.org

Think Global Global health education aims for students to have an understanding of the broad determinants of health and healthcare delivery. Think Global aims for all future healthcare professionals to have an understanding of global health. The project will work with students involved in the IFM SA (International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations) and provide them with opportunities

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to learn about global health in the context of their clinical and extracurricular activities. The aims of the project are 1. For students of health related subjects to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to work effectively in a global society. 2. To promote the importance of global health education and advocate for increased opportunities for students to learn about global health within their curriculum. 3. To enable students to organise events and activities for their peers to learn about global health education on a local and national level. 4. To build a network of students concerned by global health. For all students to have access to information on global health issues and the education opportunities available to undergraduates. What is global health? There is much debate about the definition of global health (or international health as it is sometimes known) and there are many different interpretations of the term. We believe that global health is a broad discipline that develops students' understanding of the local, national and international determinants of health and healthcare delivery. Through studying global health, students examine the wider influences of health such as poverty, debt, globalisation, healthcare financing, human rights, famine, environment, violent conflict and the movement of populations. Global health draws from a number of disciplines including politics, economics, sociology, demography, anthropology, epidemiology and philosophy. Why is global health education important for students of health related subjects? The health of the world's populations is governed by a number of different yet interrelated factors. Societal factors are increasingly acknowledged as important determinants of the health of individuals and populations, but this acknowledgement is often not reflected in the scope of training that future health professionals receive. Global health, in some small way, aims to make up for this disparity. Students who have studied global health are better equipped to understand the root causes in addition to the clinical manifestations of ill health. Global health teaching will also help to foster a generation of health professionals who are committed to health for all, as enshrined at the International Conference on Primary Health Care, Alma-Ata, in 1978. We see health professionals as having a commitment not only to their patients but also to the health of society as a whole. The growing number of health professionals who are committed to global health equity can form a powerful group of advocates for health for all. Globalisation is changing the structure of societies and the way in which decisions about health are taken. Many societies are becoming more multicultural, and global health teaching helps medical students to understand both the reasons for increased population movement and the social, economic and cultural factors underlying patients' ill health. Decisions about health and healthcare are also increasingly made through global agreements such as TRIPS and GATS, and it is important for health professionals to understand the influence of such global policies on their work.

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Globalisation means that medical students and health professionals are increasingly likely to work outside their own countries. Global health helps them to understand the different societies and health systems where they may work, and thus adapt better and more quickly to their new surroundings. What do students need to know to work effectively in a global society? The content of medical curriculum differs within and between countries and it is hard to establish learning objectives that are applicable to all students involved in IFMSA. ‘Think Global’ has identified the following as the core areas necessary for students’ to work effectively in global society.  To understand how global health influences patient and community health and clinical  medicine To understand how to relate global issues to patient cases  To know how to access information on global health issues and education  To appreciate the role of doctors in advocacy for health  To understand the influence of cultural background on patient and community health If you are interested in being involved in Think Global, please email the project coordinator, http://www.globalhealtheducation.org/ Contact: thinkglobal@ifmsa.org

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Policy statements This is an overview of the Policy Statements that have been adopted by IFMSA concerning Medical Education. The full texts can be found on the SCOME Wikipedia and in the full version of the SCOME manual. 

IFMSA Recommendations on Implementation of the Continuous Medical Education in Medical Curricula - 1999

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Policy/Position on Implementing International Standards in Basic Medical Education - 2001

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The Bologna Declaration and Medical Education – 2004

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WHO/WFME Guidelines for accreditation of basic medical education - 2004

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WorldMaPS Statement of Beliefs - 2005

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UNESCO Guidelines for Quality Provision in Cross-border Higher Education – 2005

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Quality Assurance in Medical Education - 2005

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European Core Curriculum – the Students’ Perspective - 2006

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The Bachelor and Master structure in Medicine - 2007

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IFMSA’s specifications to the WFME Global Standards for Basic Medical Education - 2008

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IFMSA Policy Statement on the Timescale for Implementation of the Bologna Process

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Undergraduate Mobility in Medical Education in the European Higher Education Area - 2008

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IFMSA Statement on Patient Safety in undergraduate curricula

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The Bologna Process in Medical Education beyond 2010 - 2009

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International partners World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) www.wfme.org

Structure and Objectives The World Federation for Medical Education was founded in 1972 and has its office in Copenhagen, Denmark. The federation serves today with the purpose of being an umbrella organisation for its regional associations for medical education, following the regional structure of the World Health Organisation. Four other institutions related to the field of medical education are also members of the WFME Executive Council. The regional associations are:  AMSA - Association for Medical Schools in Africa  PAFAMS - Pan-American Federation of Associations of Medical Schools  AMEEMR - Association for Medical Education in the Eastern Mediterranean Region  AMEE - Association for Medical Education in Europe  SEARAME - South-East Asian Regional Association for Medical Education  AMEWPR - Association for Medical Education in the Western Pacific Region The four institutions are:  WHO – World Health Organisation  WMA – World Medical Association  ECFMG – Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates  IFMSA – International Federation of Medical Students' Associations WFME aims at enhancing the quality of medical education world-wide, taking initiatives with respect to new methods, new tools and new management. It covers all phases of medical education (graduate education, specialist training and continuing medical education). The general objective of WFME is "to strive for the highest scientific and ethical standards in medical education, taking initiatives with respect to new methods, new tools, and management of medical education". Since 1997 the WFME is affiliated with the journal “Medical Education”. “Medical Education” is one of the leading publications in the field of medical education. For more information about the projects and activities of the WFME, please visit the website: http://www.wfme.org.

IFMSA in WFME Representation At the WFME Executive Council (EC) meeting in Vienna in 1997 it was decided that IFMSA should be represented in the EC by its president for a period of 2-3 years for continuity’s sake. Given the 19

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fact that turnover rate is rather high in IFMSA it was agreed that the IFMSA-representative could also be a past president. Alternatively, the current or immediate past SCOME Director is eligible to take over this function. The EC meeting in Copenhagen in September 2000 was the first time that IFMSA attended WFME activity. The present IFMSA representative on the WFME Executive Council is the Liaison Officer on Medical Education Issues, currently Robbert Duvivier (IFMSA – The Netherlands).

Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) www.amee.org The Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) was founded in 1972 in Copenhagen (Denmark) to foster communication among medical educators and to help promote national associations for medical education throughout Europe. It is the European regional association of the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME). Several European national medical education associations are corporate members of AMEE. Over the past decade AMEE has developed steadily both in size and in the sphere of its activities and is now a worldwide association with members and contacts in over 90 countries. AMEE helps teachers, doctors, researchers, administrators, curriculum developers, assessors and students keeping up to date with developments in the rapidly changing world of medical and healthcare professions education. AMEE's activities include the annual conferences, Publications including Medical Teacher and AMEE education guides, courses such as ESME, FAME and RESME, projects including BEME and MedEdCentral, and Special Interest Groups. Each year since 1973 AMEE has organised an annual conference in a European city. AMEE conferences now regularly attract over 2000 participants from around the world and the event has become the major gathering for all interested in medical and healthcare professions education to get together to network, share ideas and hear the best of what’s happening in medical education throughout the world. It’s not necessary to be an AMEE member to attend the conferences, although members do receive a discount on registration. AMEE’s Education Guides are designed as practical, how-to-do-it guides on important topics such as problem-based learning, outcome-based education, portfolios in student assessment, and a wide range of other topics. In the BEME Guide Series, the reports of the Best Evidence Medical Education systematic reviews are published. AMEE members receive a discount on purchases of Guides. The ESME Programme has been designed in the context that all doctors in any branch of medicine or field of practice are likely to have some teaching responsibilities for undergraduates, postgraduates, peers, other healthcare workers or patients. ESME provides an entry-level teaching qualification for teachers who are engaging in medical education for the first time, or who have

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been given some new responsibilities or assignment relating to teaching. ESME courses are offered at major medical education meetings, including AMEE. FAME, a basic level course in assessment, is being offered for the first time at AMEE 2007. It is designed for those with responsibility for assessing undergra duate medical students, graduate trainees and practising doctors. The course will also include selected aspects of program evaluation. RESME is a course that introduces participants to some essential principles and methods of research in medical education, including phrasing a research question, methodology of research and research designs. AMEE is a founder member of the BEME Collaboration (www.bemecollaboration.org) which aims to promote Best Evidence Medical Education through the dissemination of information that assists evidence-based decisions, the publication of high-quality systematic reviews in medical education and the creation of a culture of the use of evidence to inform practice. Five BEME systematic reviews have now been published and nine more are in progress. MedEdCentral (www.MedEdCentral.org) is an online medical education resource currently under development, that includes medical education terminology, publications, institutions, medical schools, associations and individuals. The database may be accessed by anyone. Built around the Wiki principle, registered users may contribute to many areas of the site, and may suggest additions to others. AMEE’s newest project includes setting up Special Interest Groups (SIGs) on key topics in medical education, to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and information. It is intended that anyone may register to join a SIG group and participate in online discussion or face -to-face in groups at AMEE conferences. Members of AMEE are also allowed to participate in the annual conference at a reduced rate. The annual membership fee for student members of AMEE is £ 39 with access to the archives of the journal “Medical Teacher”.

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Publications and journals in the field of medical education Beside the publications of each countries association for medical education there is a growing number of international publications on medical education. The following list shows the most important ones:  Academic Medicine (Acad Med) Academic Medicine, a peer-reviewed monthly journal, serves as an international forum for the exchange of ideas and information about policy, issues, and research concerning academic medicine, including strengthening the quality of medical education and training, enhancing the search for biomedical knowledge, advancing research in health services, and integrating education and research into the provision of effective health care. It is the journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges.  Advances in health sciences education: theory and practice (Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract) Advances in Health Sciences Education is a forum for scholarly and stateof-the art research into all aspects of health sciences education. It will publish empirical studies as well as discussions of theoretical issues and practical implications. The primary focus of the Journal is linking theory to practice, thus priority will be given to papers that have a sound theoretical basis and strong methodology.  Clinical Teacher The Clinical Teacher has been designed with the active, practising clinician in mind. It aims to provide a digest of current research, practice and thinking in medical education presented in a readable, stimulating and practical style. The journal includes sections for reviews of the literature relating to clinical teaching bringing authoritative views on the latest thinking about modern teaching. There are also sections on specific teaching approaches, a digest of the latest research published in Medical Education and other teaching journals, reports of initiatives and advances in thinking and practical teaching from around the world, and expert community and discussion on challenging and controversial issues in today's clinical education. ASME members receive Clinical Teacher as part of their membership subscription.  Education for health (Educ Health)  Journal of Nursing Education (J Nurs Educ)  Journal of Health Education / Association for the Advancement of Health Education (J Health Educ)  Medical Education (Med Educ) Medical Education seeks to be the pre-eminent journal in the field of education for health care professionals, and publishes material of the highest quality, reflecting world wide or provocative issues and perspectives. It is published on behalf of the Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME).

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Standing Committee on Medical Education - Manual The journal welcomes high quality papers on all aspects of medical education including;  undergraduate education  postgraduate training  continuing professional  development interprofessional education ASME members receive Medical Education as part of their membership subscription. Medical Teacher (Med Teach) Medical Teacher, the journal of the AMEE, is a peer-reviewed journal, listed in Medline and published ten times a year. It publishes reports of innovation and research in medical education, case studies, commentaries and practical guidelines and BEME Guides, as well as a range of popular features to help readers keep up to date with the rapidly developing area of medical and healthcare professions education. AMEE members receive Medical Teacher as part of their membership subscription. Teaching and learning in medicine (Teach Learn Med)

The most important ones out of these are “Medical Teacher”, “Medical Education”, “Academic Medicine” and “Advances in Health Science Education” The one to read the easiest probably is “The Clinical Teacher”, which summarizes latest developments in the field of medical education. Some national journals are  British Journal of Medical Education (Br J Med Educ) -> United Kingdom  GMS Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ausbildung -> Germany, Switzerland, Austria  Pédagogie Médicale -> France and French-speaking countries  Tijdschrift voor Medisch Onderwijs -> The Netherlands

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Bologna Process Introduction The purpose of the Bologna process is to create the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) by harmonising academic degree standards and quality assurance standards throughout Europe for each faculty and its development. The name is based on the fact that the process was proposed at the University of Bologna with the signing, in 1999, of the Bologna declaration by ministers of education from 29 European countries in the Italian city of Bologna. This was opened up to other countries, and further governmental meetings have been held in Prague (2001), Berlin (2003), Bergen (2005), London (2007); the last meeting took place in Leuven (Belgium) in summer 2009. The Council of Europe and UNESCO have jointly issued the "Lisbon recognition convention" on recognition of academic qualifications as part of the process, which has been ratified by the majority of the countries party to the Bologna process.

Structure In May 1998 the ministers in charge of higher education of France, Italy, the United Kingdom and Germany signed the so-called Sorbonne Declaration on the "harmonisation of the architecture of the European Higher Education System" at the Sorbonne University in Paris. Other European countries later subscribed to the Declaration. The Sorbonne Declaration focused on  a progressive convergence of the overall framework of degrees and cycles in an open European area for higher education  a common degree level system for undergraduates (Bachelor's degree) and graduates (Master's and doctoral degree)  enhancing and facilitating student and teacher mobility (students should spend at least one semester abroad); removing obstacles for mobility and improving recognition of degrees and academic qualifications In June 1999, 29 European ministers in charge of higher education met in Bologna to lay the basis for establishing a European Higher Education Area (EHEA) by 2010 and promoting the European system of higher education world-wide. In the Bologna Declaration, the ministers affirmed their intention to:  adopt a system of easily readable and comparable degrees  adopt a system with two main cycles (undergraduate/graduate)  establish a system of credits (such as ECTS)  promote mobility by overcoming obstacles  promote European co-operation in quality assurance  promote European dimensions in higher education In the next years ministerial meetings have been in held in:  Bergen 2001  Berlin 2003 24

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 Prague 2005  London 2007  Leuven/Louvain-la-Neuve 2009  Budapest/Vienna 2010 (anniversary meeting)  Bucharest 2012 During these meetings commitments have been reaffirmed, new directions and priorities have been set and new focus points have been agreed upon. The Bologna Follow-up Group (BFUG) oversees the process between the ministerial conferences and meets at least every six months. Next to the BFUG there’s other working or coordination groups on different topics, e.g. data collection, employability, lifelong learning, mobility and qualifications frameworks. Valuable input for working groups, the Bologna Follow-up Group and the ministerial conferences comes from a number of official Bologna Seminars that are organised on different issues all over Europe. Those seminars usually serve the dual purpose of policy development and dissemination and are open to a wide range of participants involved in highter education and its policy-making.

Further information Further information regarding the Bologna process can be found at the SCOME-wikipedia (search item “Bologna Process” plus related articles)! You can also access the category “Bologna Process” to easily find all articles related to it. There you can also find the original versions of the “Lisbon Convention”, the “Sor bonne Declaration”, the “Bologna Declaration”, the “Prague Communiqué”, the “Berlin Communiqué”, the “Bergen Communiqué” and the “London Communiqué”. You can also find information at the official Bologna Process homepage: http://www.ond.vlaanderen.be/hogeronderwijs/bologna.

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Armenia (AMSP) Australia (AMSA) Austria (AMSA) Azerbaijan (AzerMDS) Bahrain (IFMSA-BH) Bangladesh (BMSS) Bolivia (IFMSA Bolivia) Bosnia and Herzegovina (BoHeMSA) Bosnia and Herzegovina - Rep. of Srpska (SaMSIC) Brazil (DENEM) Brazil (IFMSA Brazil) Bulgaria (AMSB) Burkina Faso (AEM) Burundi (ABEM) Canada (CFMS) Canada-Quebec (IFMSA-Quebec) Catalonia - Spain (AECS) Chile (IFMSA-Chile) China (IFMSA-China) Colombia (ACOME) Colombia (ASCEMCOL) Costa Rica (ACEM) Croatia (CroMSIC) Czech Republic (IFMSA CZ) Denmark (IMCC) Ecuador (IFMSA-Ecuador) Egypt (IFMSA-Egypt) El Salvador (IFMSA El Salvador) Estonia (EstMSA) Ethiopia (EMSA) Finland (FiMSIC) France (ANEMF) Germany (BVMD) Ghana (FGMSA) Greece (HelMSIC) Grenada (IFMSA-Grenada) Hong Kong (AMSAHK) Hungary (HuMSIRC) Iceland (IMSIC) Indonesia (CIMSA-ISMKI) Iran (IFMSA-Iran) Israel (FIMS) Italy (SISM) Jamaica (JAMSA) Japan (IFMSA-Japan) Jordan (IFMSA-Jo) Kenya (MSAKE) Korea (KMSA)

Kuwait (KuMSA) Kyrgyzstan (MSPA Kyrgyzstan) Latvia (LaMSA Latvia) Lebanon (LeMSIC) Libya (LMSA) Lithuania (LiMSA) Luxembourg (ALEM) Malta (MMSA) Mexico (IFMSA-Mexico) Montenegro (MoMSIC Montenegro) Mozambique (IFMSA-Mozambique) Nepal (NMSS) New Zealand (NZMSA) Nigeria (NiMSA) Norway (NMSA) Oman (SQU-MSG) Pakistan (IFMSA-Pakistan) Palestine (IFMSA-Palestine) Panama (IFMSA-Panama) Peru (APEMH) Peru (IFMSA Peru) Philippines (AMSA-Philippines) Poland (IFMSA-Poland) Portugal (PorMSIC) Romania (FASMR) Russian Federation (HCCM) Rwanda (MEDSAR) Saudi Arabia (IFMSA-Saudi Arabia) Serbia (IFMSA-Serbia) Sierra Leone (MSA) Slovakia (SloMSA) Slovenia (SloMSIC) South Africa (SAMSA) Spain (IFMSA-Spain) Sudan (MedSIN-Sudan) Sweden (IFMSA-Sweden) Switzerland (SwiMSA) Taiwan (IFMSA-Taiwan) Tatarstan-Russia (TaMSA-Tatarstan) Thailand (IFMSA-Thailand) The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (MMSA-Macedonia) The Netherlands (IFMSA-The Netherlands) Tunisia (ASSOCIA-MED) Turkey (TurkMSIC) United Arab Emirates (EMSS) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Medsin-UK) United States of America (AMSA-USA) Venezuela (FEVESOCEM)